Columns
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Gender gap in early career promotions should get more attentionOct 09, 2016 7:12 am - By now the statistics are well-known, if still unsettling: Women make up less than five percent of the CEOs at the biggest corporations. Just under 20 percent of directo...
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Ignoring deadly allergy goes beyond office 'prank'Oct 09, 2016 7:10 am - Q: I work in a small office. A few months back, while working in a common area, I began to cough and felt allergy symptoms kick in. I saw a co-worker, whose desk is near...
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Work with reality, not wishful thinkingOct 09, 2016 7:00 am - Q. My husband's parents favor their daughter and her children over my family and his brother's family. Their daughter is aware of it, and brags about it - "I'm Daddy's ...
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Fading siding likely needs some new paintOct 09, 2016 6:00 am - Q. I have been reading your weekly column for quite a few years. It is very interesting. Our home in Florida has a color problem with the vinyl siding. The siding is med...
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Farewell to Steve Brantley of St. CharlesOct 09, 2016 6:00 am - Steve Brantley was one of those interesting fellows who caught my attention seven years ago when he earned $2 tips for pumping gas, cleaning windows and checking oil for...
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High schools link to manufacturing jobsOct 09, 2016 1:00 am - Looking to fill increasingly hi-tech manufacturing jobs? Take a look at your local high school. • Mike O'Connor wants to build "a really deep bench" at Innovative Compon...
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Retirement spending declines, and that's not badOct 09, 2016 1:00 am - Q: My question concerns the assumption most planners make that retirement spending increases about 3 percent a year, no matter how advanced the client's age. I don't see...
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Drawing hope from the heart of sufferingOct 09, 2016 1:00 am - Having sat down to produce a column about the vice presidential debate, I found that any topic, even death from cancer, was preferable. So I finished reading a remarkabl...
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Imrem: Fowler sets tone for Cubs in first at-batOct 08, 2016 5:00 pm - No baseball game should be over after nine pitches. But Game 2 of the NL Division Series between the Giants and Cubs was. Essentially, anyway. Maybe the entire best-of-f...
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Avoid drinking diet sodas during pregnancyOct 08, 2016 7:30 am - Q: My beverage of choice is diet soda, but my girlfriend told me I should stop drinking it now that I'm pregnant. Is she right? A: For some time now, research has shown ...